The African Bioinformatics Institute (ABI) poster is being presented at the ELIXIR All Hands meeting in Greece. GA4GH staff are also attending. ABI has similar goals to ELIXIR in terms of setting up a bioinformatics infrastructure across multiple countries.

From magnetic beads to Lab-on-Chip: Jesus Rodriguez Manzano Nicolas Moser & @kenny_ic showcasing cutting-edge tools powering portable molecular diagnostics. Dragonfly tech brings high-efficiency nucleic acid detection to low-resource settings - real innovation for real-world impact #AMR #Dx

All set for the CAMO-Net research showcase Wellcome , London, Uk. Will showcase predictive models for AMR clinical outcomes, an AMR data warehouse, AMR trends & results on the economic burden of AMR in Uganda.

We are at Wellcome today presenting our work, from the lab to the field, and showing our funders the real impact our equitable, site-led collaboration is making around the world. #AMR

Happening now AlphaFold Workshop Uganda 2025 (June 16 - 20) at ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences , Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University , Makerere University supported by Google DeepMind

✨Day 1 of the #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025 ! ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences is excited to host #EastAfrican researchers for a week long training in the use of #AlphaFold at Makerere University. Great thanks to Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University and Google DeepMind for the support. #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025

✨Day 2 of the #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025 at Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Makerere University! Today's sessions covered: 🔹 Introduction to #AlphaFold 🔹 Assessing the quality of predicted #proteinstructures 🔹 Accessing & engaging with #AlphaFold This workshop is supported by Google DeepMind. #AlphaFold

Day 3 of the #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025 at Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Makerere University 🌠! Today’s sessions explored: 🔹 Extensions of #AlphaFold 🔹 Applications of #AlphaFold in vaccine & drug design, synthetic biology, and protein engineering Thanks to Google DeepMind for the support. #AlphaFold

On Day 3 of the AlphaFold (AF) Workshop Uganda 2025, supported by Google DeepMind and held ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences, I gave an overview of how AF is being used by the scientific research community, from drug discovery and materials science to understanding fundamental biological processes.

BREAKING: Catriona Waitt, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University’s trailblazing researcher, SHINES in British Pharmacological Society’s Pharmacologist in Phrame. Her life-changing work in clinical pharmacology is revolutionising healthcare & inspiring the next gen of scientists. Read more: tinyurl.com/4tnejk3a #OneIDI

Day 4 of the #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025 at Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Makerere University 🌟! Today featured a hands-on practical session where participants reproduced an #AlphaFold analysis from a published paper in small groups, followed by a lively Q&A session with the Google DeepMind team #AlphaFold

Read about this week's launch of the new global diagnostics collaboration - camonet.org/2025/06/20/cam…

We successfully🌟came to the end of the week-long #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025 at Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Makerere University 🎉 Participants from Uganda🇺🇬, Kenya🇰🇪, Tanzania🇹🇿 & Rwanda🇷🇼 gained insights into what #AlphaFold is, its applications & more. Huge thanks to Google DeepMind for the support!

🌍 Join Us in Shaping the Future of Data Science in Africa! 📅 August 23–29, 2025 | 📍 Accra, Ghana #DSIAfrica | #DataForHealth | #DSIAfrica2025 We’re calling on forward-thinking organizations to partner with us at the 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting and Data for Health in

Level up your protein prediction skills with the updated EMBL-EBI Training AlphaFold practical course. Now featuring #AlphaFold Server and AlphaFold 3. Start your training today: ebi.ac.uk/training/onlin… Google DeepMind EMBL-EBI #proteinbiology #bioinformatics

We're delighted to host the Polygenic Risk Score (#PRS) Analysis Course 2025. This specialized training empowers African scientists with the essential tools and methods to develop & apply #PRS models that are truly representative & impactful for diverse African populations. 🛠️📊

🎊Congratulations to the winners of the Didida Kampala Hackathon 2025 The innovative antenatal mobile tracking and USSD app promises better care and access to information to pregnant women. Proud to co-host this #DIDIDA Kampala hackathon with MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit & Innotrope

Today we are at Royal Institution for the launch of the new World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Genomic Surveillance of AMR, hosted by Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance and Nuffield Department of Medicine. Strengthening global AMR surveillance through data, collaboration and innovation. #GenomicSurveillanceAMR

Earlier this month, Prof Alison Elliott, Head of Vaccine Research at MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, was formally presented with an honorary OBE by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Princess Anne. This follows the January 2025 announcement recognising her exceptional and sustained

When #AlphaFold2 came out, we wondered: Could it help us understand how enzymes evolve? So we tried it—and it worked! nature.com/articles/s4158…